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JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. It reportedly purchased this digital upstart — one with a reported (and very small) $3.9

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. And retailers that deploy experiential tactics drive repeat purchases at rates nearly twice those who don’t.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Digital sports entertainment and gaming industry platform DraftKings — known for its top-rated daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting apps — today announced an agreement with InComm Payments , a global leading payments technology company, to launch an industry-first retail gift card. . DraftKings reported on Friday (Nov.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The dramatic consumer shift to Digital 3.0 — predicted months ago by the PYMNTS COVID-19 tracker work — is accounting for almost half of the retail growth in the US. It found that eCommerce growth as of May 1 was up 68 percent, surpassing 40 percent of total retail sales. Overall Chinese retail sales of consumer goods dropped 2.8

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JANUARY 12, 2021

With the expanded success of ecommerce in the last twelve months, brands have more opportunities than ever to engage in digital channels with their consumers and stand out from the competition. In 2019, Gartner projected that over 100 million customers would be shopping with AR in 2020. Consider Augmented Reality For Your Brand.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

retailers during the holiday shopping season, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The shortages come from an unexpected surge of customer demand, which took retailers by surprise after they had cut orders for new merchandise in the spring as countrywide lockdowns were starting and the job market was bottoming out. in the spring.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

21, the last Saturday shopping day before Christmas 2019, has been confirmed as the single biggest retail sales day in U.S. According to retail research firm Customer Growth Partners, consumers on Super Saturday spent a total of $34.4 billion and that exceeded 2019 Black Friday sales by 10 percent.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Hot on the heels of its close cousin, augmented reality (AR), more retailers are using immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences to entice customers through the doors of physical storefronts. While many retailers are using the technology to create tailored experiences for their brands, it may well become a new way for customers to shop, too.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

banks accounted for 81 of the 500 most valuable and strongest bank brands around the world on Brand Finance’s Banking 500 2019 list, released this week. Led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s most valuable banking brand (at $79.8

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In today’s top retail news, Benetton Group is teaming once more with EDITED, while CarLotz Inc. Benetton Group Teams With Retail Intelligence Firm EDITED. European fashion firm Benetton Group is collaborating once more with EDITED, the retail market intelligence company, as a “necessary platform” for its future three-year plan.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Retailers are facing a personalization paradox. Fifty-three percent of consumers want retailers to respect their anonymity in 2020; at the same time 61 percent want more personalization in marketing, messaging and promotions. That’s where brands can use the entire data stream, those digital footprints that their customers are leaving.

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MARCH 17, 2020

While many luxury retailers have found themselves needing to slash prices to keep inventory moving, some luxury brands are switching manufacturing to assist in the coronavirus crisis. For retailers, eCommerce will be critical during the coronavirus crisis. Another 13 percent never patronized the retailer again.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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JANUARY 12, 2019

The Retail Robots Are Coming … Maybe. Among a slew of other announcements at CES, Samsung snuck in some rather interesting robot-related news : The firm has developed three new consumer and retail robots, as well as a wearable exoskeleton. 2019 was also a year when payments power made an appearance – and with some well-known brand s.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2020

Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, January 31, 2019. In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: Venmo’s path to profitability; Berlin-based digital bank N26’s U.S. expansion; and Why a digital bank in Texas is awarding miles instead of interest.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Designer Brands Inc. The company operates almost 1,000 retail stores under names like DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and The Shoe Company. percent for the first quarter of 2020, in comparison to a 3 percent rise in the same quarter of fiscal 2019, according to an announcement. In separate news, retailer Express Inc.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Welcome to the latest episode of our weekly wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, December 13, 2019.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

20 for its Special K brand. The flavors were “inspired” by Twitter conversations the brand had with consumers. Its Objective wellness brand, according to the website Glossy , is being redesigned and rebranded about a year after it was first introduced. The promotion started Sept. Another marketing move can be seen from Clorox.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Anyone who works at fashion brand Bella+Canvas is familiar with the quote. Bella+Canvas is a California-based activewear brand with a unique mix of business models. Most recently, Bella+Canvas has opened a retail business, distributing its products through Nordstrom and other department stores. Its tagline: “Be different.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

It is a $75 billion industry dominated by millennials and ripe with opportunity for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. Blake Jackson , founder of holistic dog treat company Rogue Pet Science , says the eCommerce aspect of his business is booming, up 50 percent for April 2019. You can’t compete without a strong brand.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Fruit Street – a virtual one-stop-shop specializing in digital diabetes diagnosis and treatment – has partnered with vegetarian meal kit purveyor Purple Carrot to add a retail angle to its health advisory service. The rapidly evolving telehealth category has a new business model.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Data: 2019: The year Tommy Hilfiger introduced its visual commerce app via desktop and mobile at tommy.com. 70 percent : Minimum share of Gen Z consumers who use shoppable feed experiences to learn more about brands. percent: CAGR of the global interactive kiosk market from 2019 to 2025. . All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Approximately twice as many consumers shopped for retail products from home in the summer of 2020 as they did in the summer of 2019, and three times as many grocery-shopped from home this summer over last summer, too,” the Report states, giving an idea of scope. Lockdown Life, Surprisingly Connected.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

Retailers surely have more than enough to worry about these days. For one, the pace of innovation keeps speeding up – and that holds true for all types of retail niches, from apparel to grocery to others. The emerging 5G technology has tremendous retail potential.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

The results reversed a trend from last quarter, where the chain was one of many physical retailers facing a tepid holiday season that missed analyst expectations for sales, comparable-sales growth and earnings across the board. But things have reversed dramatically for the retailer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. percent to $134.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis and the digital shift that it accelerated are making five lessons clear that tradition brick-and-mortar retailers must heed if they want to survive, according to Karen Webster. percent of the market for online furniture and household accessories in 2019 — a market share traditional furniture merchants would kill for.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. Also last year, Walmart shuttered its Jet.com eCommerce website and phased out the brand.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Amazon’s Global Registration Experience helps merchants go global, and Brand Analytics, which includes data on popular search terms and comparable products, helps merchants more strategically position and market their products. According to the Amazon Small Business Impact Report , 1 million U.S. “We

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Walmart is positioning its new line, called Free Assembly, as “a modern fashion brand with elevated style,” featuring casual looks with layered approaches that will make it marketable during any season. Denise Incandela , who was once SVP Women’s Group, has now added “elevated and online brands” to her title. billion in 2019 for a 9.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Nike ’s digital sales surged in Q1, while the sportswear brand also saw an uptick in its connected fitness business. 80K: Number of global regulatory updates in 2019 with which banks must comply to avoid fines. 22%: Rise in identity thefts targeting seniors between 2018 and 2019. 6.7B: Amount U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Consumers — especially millennials and Generation Z — are looking for new commerce experiences during the 2019 holiday season. Retailers must accommodate financial flexibility, which is leading many to explore alternative solutions — such as Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later Worl d.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

As it does during the first week of every month of the pandemic, attention turns to retail leases. This week found that one of the crisis’ most troubled retailers — Nordstrom — will only pay half of its rent for the balance of 2020. Retail Properties of America, Inc. It, along with Authentic Brands Group owns SPARC Group.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

billion compared to 2019. billion in 2019. GlobalData analysts say the closure of a number of luxury-branded stores across Asia Pacific makes a short-term recovery unlikely. GlobalData analysts say the closure of a number of luxury-branded stores across Asia Pacific makes a short-term recovery unlikely.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

Much of the 5G focus at CES will indeed revolved around connected cars, which is understandable, given how the mobile and automotive industry are on course to become very close siblings in the coming years, enabling more seamless forms of payments and retailing. The robots aren’t just coming — they are, of course, already here.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

For retailers, it’s better to be hot in 2020 than top. The National Retail Federation (NRF) said on its blog this week that the Hot 100 Retailers, while vulnerable to mergers and acquisitions, as a group is more stable than the Top 100 Retailers ranking, as stores are impacted by the unpredictability of COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

It’s going to be a very vocal year when it comes to retail. Voice is the killer app of the connected commerce experience, according to the How We Will Pay: 2019 Edition study. Houndify is one-of-a-kind in that it is the only platform that allows brands to remain in complete control of their data and their brand.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

G-III Apparel Group , whose owned brands include DKNY and G.H. Bass brands suffered. Bass and Wilsons Leather share of the company’s retail operations segment were $38.2 million in the same timeframe in 2019. “We The company said it is reorganizing its retail operations segment, as announced in the past.

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